Andrew Millward

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Associate Professor Principal Investigator, Urban Forest Research and Ecological Disturbance (UFRED), Toronto Metropolitan University Group Undergraduate Program Director, Environment and Urban Sustainability Faculty of Arts Department of Geography and Environmental Studies Toronto, Ontario millward@torontomu.ca Office: (416) 979-5000 ext. 552673

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Dr. Andrew Millward is an Associate Professor of Geography and the principal investigator for the Urban Forest Research & Ecological Disturbance (UFRED) Group at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson). He joined the Department of Geography at Toronto Metropolitan University in 2006 an...

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Bio/Research

Dr. Andrew Millward is an Associate Professor of Geography and the principal investigator for the Urban Forest Research & Ecological Disturbance (UFRED) Group at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson). He joined the Department of Geography at Toronto Metropolitan University in 2006 and established UFRED in 2008. UFRED's primary focus is applied research that uses geospatial technology to document and explain urban forest presence and condition, with the end goal of furthering protection and enhancement of natural spaces within cities.

Dr. Millward instructs undergraduate courses in physical geography, quantitative methods and environmental decision-making. At the graduate level, he teaches a course dedicated to the design and construction of interactive internet-based maps detailing Toronto's urban parks and treed landscapes. Dr. Millward has served as the Vice and Interim President of the Board of Directors for the Environmental not-for-profit Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests (LEAF), a Toronto-based organization dedicated to the protection and improvement of the urban forest. He is a graduate of Environmental Science and Geography from the University of Guelph, and holds a Ph.D. in Geography from University of Waterloo. After receiving his doctorate, Dr. Millward worked in the United States for three years where he held a Fulbright Fellowship in the Natural Resources Department at Cornell University and a visiting professorship at the George Washington University in Washington, DC.


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